Clubbin' Through the Summer Presented by STX: Catching Up with MD United 2016

Clubbin' Through the Summer Presented by STX continues with an introduction to the MD United 2016 team by Chelsea Kibler.

Hi, my name is Chelsea Kibler, and I play center on the Maryland United 2016 East team. I have been a part of this team since it started in 2009, when we were going into sixth grade. Girls from our team will be attending a variety of high schools all over Maryland. This summer is our first season playing by the official high school rules, since we will be freshman in high school at the start of the 2012- 2013 school year.

At the beginning of the season, we lost a couple key players to injuries. Our starting high defender, tore her ACL, and will be out for the remainder of the summer season, and most likely all of fall ball. Two of our star midfielders have also struggled with injuries, one who suffered a back injury and will be out for the rest of the summer, and one, who has a knee problem and will hopefully be returning within the next couple of weeks. These injuries have obviously hurt our team, but they have presented an opportunity for our team to face and overcome obstacles. We have really missed our injured players and wish them a speedy recovery.

At our most recent tournament, Rock the Fields, we went 6-1, only losing in sudden death overtime of the championship to Miscellaneous, a team from Long Island. We came up with a couple big wins, including over Skywalkers 2016 Blue, 10-6, Frederick Stars Lacrosse, 9-4, and STARS Blue 2016, 4-3. Overall it was a great weekend for us and we are looking forward to the Nation’s Cup, in Germantown, MD, which will be our fourth tournament of the season.